The Planet Chooses RLX Server and Management Technology; Offers New Services Packages Designed for Small- to Medium-Sized Businesses

HOUSTON, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- RLX Technologies, Inc. a leading provider of server blade and modular compute technologies, today announced an agreement with The Planet Internet Services, Inc., a leading web hosting and managed services company, under which The Planet will use high performance RLX RackModule (1U) Servers and the RLX management software, Control Tower XT, to provide specialized data center packages designed specifically for small- to medium-sized businesses. The Planet, based in Dallas, TX, is one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America providing web hosting and managed services to more than 7,000 companies worldwide.

The Planet has recently announced a family of pre-packaged data center services called "Total Control Servers," specifically designed for small- to medium-sized businesses. These packages offer high-end server performance and services without long-term agreements. For example, the top "Total Control Server" package includes a RLX RackModule Server with up to dual 2.8 GHz Intel Xeon processors, SCSI Hard Drives, 2000 GB bandwidth, system event alerts and monitoring, vulnerability assessments, private VLAN, Red Hat Linux or Windows 2003, and a 100 percent uptime service-level agreement.

The Planet is using RLX Control Tower XT software-based management to provide 24 by 7 server event monitoring and alerting, to reduce server deployment time, and to automate repetitive server administration tasks like patch or application updates. The Planet is also using the role based security capabilities of Control Tower XT to provide clients with ability to view and report on various aspects of their own hosted servers. This includes hard reset, soft reset, console access, CPU usage, RAM usage, and performance graphing. Not only is this service unique in the marketplace giving The Planet a distinct competitive advantage, it greatly reduces the administrative time The Planet must spend servicing their new clients.

"We are giving our new clients a 24-hour up-and-running guarantee. With RLX Control Tower XT, we are able to add a new server to the data center rack and provision it with a new operating system or other applications in minutes," said Lance Crosby, COO of The Planet. "We are able to get a new server online and ready for our clients in 30 minutes to an hour. Previously, this task would take at least 3 to 5 days to complete. Our clients are amazed when we call them in only a few hours to let them know their server is ready to roll."

Peter Pathos, president, The Planet, said: "At The Planet, we believe in providing our customers with the highest-quality managed data center performance and services available. We're constantly looking to enhance the functionality of our services to provide our users with a simpler and faster experience. RLX's top-notch hardware with built-in remote management is a natural fit for The Planet. RLX will help us continue to provide highly- manageable, reliable and flexible hardware solutions that can be easily configured to meet all of our clients' business needs."

"We are thrilled that The Planet has chosen our RLX RackModule Systems and Control Tower XT," said Doug Erwin, chief executive officer, RLX Technologies. "We have worked hard to build manageability into all of our server technology while also providing industry-leading performance and reliability. We're proud that The Planet will now be able to extend this manageability to its own customers as well."

RLX Technologies creates smarter computing and intelligent management solutions that are helping companies worldwide create more flexible, cost effective, and manageable IT infrastructures. The inventor of blade server technology, RLX is now leading the industry with the most manageable rack- optimized servers and Linux clusters on the market. RLX is the winner of InfoWorld's 2004 Technology of the Year Award for Best Server Blade System. RLX Technologies is based in Houston, Texas with offices in Portland and London. For more information, please visit http://www.rlx.com or call 281-863-2100. Products are sold directly and through authorized partners. Additional information on RLX is available at http://www.rlx.com or by calling +1 866 759 9866.

The Planet Internet Services, Inc. is a fast-growing, profitable provider of managed hosting and Internet infrastructure services for businesses and organizations that require entry-level to enterprise IT support. The Planet's value-added services include database administration, managed data storage, security products, virtual private networks and backup services. Co-location services are available for those customers desiring to use their own Web servers and rely on the Company's advanced, fault-tolerant facilities and network infrastructure. The Planet's Server Matrix Division provides entry- level and small business dedicated servers and co-location offerings coupled with managed services and a customer support portal. For further information, visit http://www.theplanet.com , or http://www.servermatrix.com .

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